kill

Definition for kill

verb as in deprive of existence; destroy

Strongest matches

assassinate, drown, execute, get, hit, massacre, murder, poison, slaughter, slay, wipe out

Strong matches

annihilate, asphyxiate, crucify, dispatch, dump, electrocute, eradicate, erase, exterminate, extirpate, finish, garrote, guillotine, hang, immolate, liquidate, lynch, neutralize, obliterate, off, sacrifice, smother, snuff, strangle, suffocate, waste, zap

Weak matches

do away with, do in, polish off, put away, put to death, rub out

verb as in turn off; cancel

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stop

Strong matches

annul, cease, counteract, deaden, defeat, extinguish, forbid, halt, negative, neutralize, nix, nullify, prohibit, quash, quell, recant, refuse, revoke, ruin, smother, stifle, still, suppress, veto

Weak matches

shut off, turn out, X out

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LRAs are a critical component of HIV cure research due to their role in what is called "kick and kill," the idea that HIV can be reawakened and actively targeted to eliminate the viral reservoir.

From Science Daily

He also survived the 2018 Camp fire that killed 85 people and all but destroyed Paradise.

From Los Angeles Times

Gutierrez-Reed loaded a live bullet into Baldwin’s gun that killed Hutchins.

From Salon

In Lebanon, the conflict has killed more than 3,500 people, forced more than one million from their homes, Lebanese authorities say.

From BBC

Set in 1882 in Wyoming, Rust tells the story of a 13-year-old boy who is sentenced to be hanged after he accidentally kills a rancher.

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